This poem develops a concept that can be understood and related to by people no matter where they live and no matter what time period they live in. The first stanza of this poem brings in the theme, which is something of a short moral statement but is illustrated and described deeply. The theme described is the person who understands success best is the person who does not have it, as stated by “success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed. The theme introduced poses a paradox by saying that those who best know of success are the ones who do not attain it. The rest of the poem uses numerous metaphors to further support the main idea. This starts in the next two lines as Dickinson says “to comprehend a nectar, requires sorest
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The idea of need, that you have to desire success more than anything else, as do the people who do not have it. There is also the idea of how humans can at times be indifferent towards one another, illustrated by how on one side of the field you have the dead and defeated and on the other you have the victors who celebrate without concern for those beaten on the other side. The idea of isolation and loneliness is also illustrated by how the beaten and fallen soldiers on their side of the field despite being around their victorious opponents and among their own defeated. Finally, the idea of death is also prominent. Death is of course illustrated by the fallen …show more content…
This is clear to see particularly in her poem “water is taught by thirst”. That poem also uses many different metaphors and images as well as this one, and also proves a theme that is about people taking something for granted and not being able to appreciate it. Water needs thirst, the land needs the oceans, travel needs throe or difficulty, peace needs its battles told, love needs death, and spring birds need winter snow. These show that Dickinson had a good understanding of life’s troubles and of the complicated human nature. She constantly developed themes that were of morality or psychological issues, and made them into short phrases but allowed the imagery created in those short phrases to explain them better. Her constant use of these themes reflect on Dickinson’s life itself, as she was sure to have encountered these problems and
The idea of need, that you have to desire success more than anything else, as do the people who do not have it. There is also the idea of how humans can at times be indifferent towards one another, illustrated by how on one side of the field you have the dead and defeated and on the other you have the victors who celebrate without concern for those beaten on the other side. The idea of isolation and loneliness is also illustrated by how the beaten and fallen soldiers on their side of the field despite being around their victorious opponents and among their own defeated. Finally, the idea of death is also prominent. Death is of course illustrated by the fallen …show more content…
This is clear to see particularly in her poem “water is taught by thirst”. That poem also uses many different metaphors and images as well as this one, and also proves a theme that is about people taking something for granted and not being able to appreciate it. Water needs thirst, the land needs the oceans, travel needs throe or difficulty, peace needs its battles told, love needs death, and spring birds need winter snow. These show that Dickinson had a good understanding of life’s troubles and of the complicated human nature. She constantly developed themes that were of morality or psychological issues, and made them into short phrases but allowed the imagery created in those short phrases to explain them better. Her constant use of these themes reflect on Dickinson’s life itself, as she was sure to have encountered these problems and